Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

outrée

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: out-ree
IPA

5

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Used when referring to a woman: feminine of outré.

Example Sentences

"“Really—my Lady,”—said the beau, adjusting his cravat, and following a sprightly élégante round the room, with his eye-glass—“your observation is very outrée—very outrée, indeed.[…]”"
"I believe I have been very rude; but really Miss Fairfax has done her hair in so odd a way—so very odd a way—that I cannot keep my eyes from her. I never saw any thing so outrée!—Those curls!—This must be a fancy of her own. I see nobody else looking like her!"
"But she could find no words to describe Isobel’s appearance, it was really so very outrée."
"[…] they had seen her at the Governor’s, dressed very outrée; […]"

Etymology

From French outrée.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: outrée

Inflected Forms

more outrée (comparative) most outrée (superlative)

Questions

What does outrée mean?: Used when referring to a woman: feminine of outré.
Where does outrée come from?: It is traced to French.

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